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Hermes the goat's avatar

A vaudeville agent is interviewing acts, and an act comes "in." He says, "What do you do?" "Well, my wife and I come out and take our clothes off and we shit on the stage and the kids come out and wallow in "it." He says, "What kind of an act do you call that?" He says, "We call it the "[Natural] Aristocrats."

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eg's avatar

Churchill? Really? I suspect you don’t know all that much about the man other than some potted Whig history … 🙄

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Hollis Robbins's avatar

I mentioned at UATX that one American institution that has done so much to promote human flourishing is Fisk University, whose founders and graduates agreed that "Without the participation of our most talented citizens in government leadership and nuanced policy debate, we get stupid decisions." There's a way that the conversation about those Americans who had to fight extra hard for the "the rights of the people to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" ought to be everywhere and not only the left.

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